19TH CENTURY NIELLO CHEQUERBOARD GATE BRACELET

A super stylish 19th century niello gate bracelet.

The bracelet is a traditional gate design but with a supercool chequerboard design on each link, making it look really contemporary. 

The bracelet closes securely with a tongue clasp which is engraved with ‘W.D’ on the reverse. 

The clasps bears a hallmark of 900 for silver quality and a ‘V’ which is a continental hallmark possibly for Vienna circa 1880/90.

The chequerboard is in fantastic condition with only minor areas of wear to the niello design.

‘Niello’ is the term for the technique of melting a mixture of silver, copper, sulphur and lead to create a gunmetal/charcoal grey tone. This mixture is poured over silver which has been pre-scored, to create the desired pattern.

It was extremely popular with French and Russian jewellers in the 19th century.

MEASUREMENTS

Length approx: 19cm / 7.48”

Width approx: 1cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 22.9g

MATERIALS

Silver with Niello pattern

CONDITION

Excellent, minor areas of wear to the niello design - see photos for details

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